The National tribune., 1887-03-24
RELIEF CORPS NEWS.
GleaningS from National Headquar-
tGrS--NOteS from the Departments.
HEADQUARTERS WOWASs RELIEF CORPsr
SAN Francisco, CAL.

HEADQUARTERS WoWASs RELIEF CORPsr
SAN Francisco. CAL
FrIzABETH D'A. KISNE. National President.
NELLIE q. BACKUs. National Secretary.
MARCH 10. 1887.
DEAR TRIBUNE: The reports of the fourth
National Convention have been completed and
shipped in quantities TO all Department Presi-
dents, who will forward them in turn to Depart
ment officers. Corps Presidents and Delegates
Other members of the Order desiring copies will
be furnished by applying to their Department
Presidents.
As this is the season Of Department COnven-
tions, the National President wishes to again
call attention to the recommendations OF her
predecessors, which she has reiterated in Gen
eral Orders that when those have been elected
to- the positions of Department President or
Treasurer, or appointed Department Secretary
| or Inspector. who hold executive Offices in
Corps, they will promptly resign one of the two
positions. And it Is suggested to Corps that
for their own welfare they accept such resigna-
tion, as the work has become of such magni-
| tude as 10 justify no woman IN holding more
| than one office.
The Department Convention of New York
! just past was held at Albany, and we learn that
Mrs. Sarah G. Mink has been elected President.
| Mrs. Mink made a most successful President of
| one of the largest Corps in New York State,
and it is anticipated that the prosperity of Mrs.
| NichOls's administration will be continued in
/ the coming year.
In the course of our National Treasurer's
/ recent trip, She was able to visit %. L. Morton
and Potomac Corps, of Washington city, and
| found them doing their work of good deeds and
charity eXcellently well. There seems to be a
prospect of another cOlOrCd Corps IN the city,
! and we are very pleased to recognize the fact
that some, much even, of our very best work is
| accomplished by cOlOred Corps
Potomac Corps is ably presided over by Mrs.
! Faunce. wife of the Assistant Adiutant General
of the District of Columbia. G. A. r.. and is hon
/ ored in numbering among its members Miss
| Clara Barton, with whose history the readers
of this column are probably well acquainted
and very proud of.
We know that members Of our Order living
in densely populated States thickly threaded
| with the tracks of railroads can have little, II
| any, conception of the difficulties undergone in
! Departments where circumstances are quite to
the contrary, and we know that few words
| concerning the Department of Nebraska will
not be unacceptable. When Mrs. Lydia BOhnc,
who is about TO retire from her Presidency,
undertook her labors, the Department was
heavily indebted to the National Treasurer,
but through her unceasng endeavOr this in
! dcbtedness has been very materially reduced
and l3 new Corps added to the roster. This
/ number may not seem To be a very large one
but ii represents a vast amount of perseverance
and labor. Many of the old soldiers found their
way into Nebraska, searching for fields in which
TO retrieve their fallen fortunes, and in the un-
ceasing labor of pioneering have had little time
| TO love their neighbOrs rs themselves" In
many eases it might seem that they had no
neighborS, for the many miles that intervene
and even now, when their halcyOn days are
/ beginning 10 break, many have 10 ride in
wagons for days i'm order TO attend their con-
veutions. But the prosperity they have at
| tanned casts all but the sunshine of good work
done out of remembrance.
Recently family from Boise City, Idaho
| found its way to san Francisco. and meeting
with reverses was brought to the notice of ouI
| Department Commander. who gave them OvcI
To the tender merces Of Lincoln Corps. The
father was suffering in the County Hospital
from an operation upon his eyes, and the
mother, with two children, was reduced 10 ex
trcme poverty. and very thankful for what oul
members were able 10 do for her. On Thurs
day night March 3, the meeting night of tn,
| Corps third child was born, and the grateful
mother, in recognition of the comfort provided
| by the Corps, named the boy in its honor. deem
ing our President a fairy god-mother.
EUREKA.